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The Local Index of Transit Availability

by: Local Government Commission

The Local Index of Transit Availability (LITA) is a system for rating transit service intensity, or transit availability, in various parts of a metropolitan area. LITA scores are intended to be useful to transit service planners as well as local land use planners and policymakers, allowing them to see where transit service is most intense and aiding them in developing appropriate land use plans and policies for areas with high, medium and low transit availability.

In areas where ordinances require minimum roadway levels of service for new development, which often has the effect of pushing new development to peripheral areas poorly served by transit, LITA scores can provide an additional point of reference for land use and siting decisions.

Data tables for the analysis in Microsoft Excel spread sheets are also available at this website. Download the LITA as a free PDF document through the resource link below (712kb).

Resource: http://www.lgc.org/freepub/land_use/lita/lita_manual.html

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